[neact] Fwd: pre-college chemistry teachers
- From: "Sue Klemmer" <Sue_Klemmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Jennifer Brassbridge" <Jennifer_Brassbridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 07:26:38 -0400
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As a high school chemistry teacher I’m sure that you’ll be interested
in developments on your behalf by the American Chemical Society (ACS).
The society is forming the American Association of Chemistry Teachers,
AACT, for the support of K-12 chemistry teachers. Key details like
membership fees and benefits are still missing but should be forthcoming
within the year. Meanwhile a key issue of the ACS Journal of Chemical
Education, JChemEd, is available as a open (free) sample issue.
http://pubs.acs.org/toc/jceda8/91/1 . The first four articles plus the
editorial are devoted to AACT in addition to several other articles
dealing with teaching high school chemistry.
I’m an emeritus 50-year member of ACS and although not an educator per
se, I’ve been both a member of the ACS Division of Chemical Education
(CHED) and a subscriber to JChemEd for several decades. For any of you
who are already ACS members I also encourage to join the CHED if you
haven’t already done so. Regardless of membership or not, I encourage
you to also join AACT. Some of you may already have access to JChemEd
personally or through your school library. If not I hope that this
sample issue will prompt you to gain access.
I’m hoping that AACT will promote formation and nurturing of High School
Chemistry Clubs (if any of you already have one, please let me know).
I’ll keep you posted on further developments in AACT.
-- Bob Buntrock
Orono
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